Luggage carrier



Feb. 119, 1924.-

W. G. DUNN LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed May 22, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet W. G. DUNN LUGGAGE CARRIER Feb. 19, 1924; 11,484,482

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WILLIAM G. DUNN, or onenirnna, Iowa.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed Hay 22 1922. Serial No. 562,805.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. DUNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage Carriers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in luggage carriers and more particularly to those of the form employing toggle links adapted to be clamped upon the running board of an automobile to retain suit cases, camping equipment and other luggage upon the machine. I am aware that numerous devices along this general line have been devised, but it is the aim of my invention to devise a construction and arrangement of parts which will greatly simplify and cheapendevices of the class to which it relates. c 1

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereininafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompany ing drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a luggage carrier constructed in accordance with'my invention, showing its application to the running board of an automobile.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3is a detail perspective view illustrating the manner of connecting the toggle linkage with the end frames.

Figure 4 is. an enlarged perspective view showing more particularly the clamp which is employed for connecting the center of the toggle linkage with the running board.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the clamping means associated with the end frames.

Figure 6 is a detail horizontal section on line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a different form of center clamp which may be used if desired.

In the drawings above briefly described,

the numeral 1 designates a side guard orlongitudinal frame adapted to extend along the outer edge of an automobile running board, said guard or frame preferably con sisting of a lazy tong structure formed of a plurality of toggle links, in order that it may be compactly folded when not in use and may be extended for running boards of different lengths. The ends of the guard 1 are connected with a pair of end frames 2 and clamps are associated with these frames for securing them to the running board, these clamps and frames being preferably formed in the manner shown. In this showing, the numeral 3 designates ametal rod which is here bent into triangular shape to form an end frame 2, the baseportion & of the triangle being extended across the altitude portion 5. The lower end of the vertical portion 5 is received within the channel of an L-shaped channel metal clamping member 6 having a threaded opening through which the base portion 4c is threaded, a nut and washer 7 being threaded on the end of the latter to hold it in place and to also clamp the vertical portion 5 to the clamping member 6. The horizontal arm of the clamping member 6 is adapted to underlie the running board while the base portion l is adapted to overlie the same, and a suitable clamping screw 8 is threaded through said horizontal portion of the clamping member for tightly se curing the device upon the running board, as will be clear by reference to Figure 2.

By constructing the end frames 2 in or substantially in the manner shown and described, several parts are eliminated which are commonly used, thereby simplifying and cheapening the article, while its efiiciency is in no manner decreased.

While any referred means may be employed for sli ably connecting the ends of the side guard 1 with the end frames 2, I prefer on account of extreme simplicity, to bend the endmost links of said guard at an angle in the manner shown, said ends being given a quarter twist and formed with slots 9 receiving the vertical portions 5 of said end frames, Also, while it is not essential in all cases that the center of the guard 1 be connected with the running board, I prefer to employ some simple form of clamp for this purpose, one form of this clamp being shown in Figures 1 and 4., indicated by the reference character 10, while the numeral 10 in Figure 7 illustrates a further form of construction which may be used, both of them being easy to manufacture, and inexpensive, yet very eiiicient. By employing the construction shown or a similar con scope of the invention as claimed, numerous nnnor changes may be made.

1. A luggage carrier for the running boards of automobiles, comprising a side frame adapted to be :disposed in an upright position along the outer edge of the running board, rigid end frames adaptedto be disposed in upright position transversely across the running board and being pivotally conneote-d to the ends of said side frame, said endframes includin upright rods and horizontal rods having ice lends which are disposed adfjacent :each other, and clamping means carried by said end frames and coacting with the horizontal rods thereof, said clamping means including brackets to which the free :ends of saidrods are rigidly connected.

'2. A luggage carrier comprising a sideframe, a pair of end-frames connected with the ends of said side-frame, each of said end-frames having a vertical bar and a horizontal bar, the latter being adapted to rest upon the nu-nning :board of an automobile while :saidvertical bar is adapted to rise from said running board, the ends of the two bars being in rossed relation, an angular' clamping member having a vertical arm and horizontal arm, said vertical arm having a. threaded opening through which :the aforesaid horizontal bar passes and against which said WGItlCEl l bar bears in close relation with said horizontal bar, the latter 'being provided with means securing the former against said clamping member, and means associated with the horizontal of said clamping member for engaging the lower 1 eneas side of the running board and securing said horizontal bar in contact with the latter.

3. A luggage carrier comprising a sideframe, a pair of end frames connected with the ends of said side-frame and extending laterally therefrom, each end frame comprising a. single metal rod bent to form the sides of the "end-frame, the ends of said rod being positioned horizontally and vertically respectively and disposed in crossing relation, the horizontal end of the rod' being adapted to rest on the running board of an automobile while the vertical end thereof is-adapted to extend upwardly from the latter, an angular clamping member having a vertical arm through which said horizontal end of the rod passes and against which the vertical end bears, means on said horizontal end of the rod for clamping said vertical end against said clamping member, and means associated with the horizontal arm of said clamping member for engagement with the running board to hold said horizontal end of said rod in contact with the running board.

4. A lug-gagecarr ier comprising :a sideframe, a pair of end-frames'connected with the endsof said side f rame each includa "vertical bar and horizontal bar, said bar-s having adj acent ends disposed in crossing relation with each other, said horizontal bar being adapted to rest upon a run ning board while the vertical bar is adapted to extend upwardly therefrom, an fL-slhaped channel metal clamping member having a threaded opening "in its vertical arm through which-the end of said horizontal bar r82?- tends, the lower end of said vertical her being positioned against said vertical arm :and one of its side flanges betwee-nithe latter and the adjacent portion of said horizontal bar, means on the latter for clamping .saicl ioaver end of the vertical bar in place and means associated with the horiz-ontalaa'm of said clamping member for engagement with the running board to retain said horizo-nta'lbar in contact therewith.

In testimony whereoi I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM GVDUNN. 

